Dear Family and Friends~

So here we are again. I wanted to write this and have a song in my head that would sum up how I feel about this last year. The first song that came to mind was "Another one bites the dust". But somehow I couldn't see the Osmond's singing this in their Santa hats. So while I write this I will think of song that will sum up this letter and that may work better.

It has been like always a very busy year. For me it has been also very dizzy. We have been doing all the regular things. Driving kids, cleaning house, you know, all the parent stuff. Chet and I are really boring. If they made a movie of our lives it would be us going in and out of the garage taking one of the kids somewhere then pushing the vacuum around, we are boring. Man I need to get a life or maybe I need to write a really fancy letter about all the things we don't do to make us sound really cool. We did go to New Mexico this year for eleven days. There was a little excitement. Well July was awesome because we had the whole family here. I think I will just move on to the kids.

James is now in the 7Th grade. He is doing well and just says "yes Mom" to get me to go away. You know how that age is. He is taking Chinese and walks around saying things I don't understand. I decided to start him on piano now that he has been playing the violin for 4 years and he is picking it up really well. But don't forget he is a boy. He loves his video games!!!

Chrys is still working at Buy Low Market. He loves it when BYU is back in because of all the hot girls that come through his checkout stand. He teaches the 9-10 year old kids in church and they all love him because he brings them candy at least once times a month. He also has his mission papers in. We are stalking the mailbox waiting, but it could be January when we get his call. He is still the biggest goof ball I know and keeps you laughing all the time.

Nate is still working at Results. They have changed taking calls for many different companies and he was out of work for three weeks, but it looks like things are doing better now. It is a long drive to his work that's what I don't like. You would think it would be a great time for a talk, but Nate takes a cat nap so the conversations are a nod here and there. He came home and surprised us with a haircut! It is nice to see his eyes!!

Chelsie and Chuck are liking their new house. Chuck is doing well with his job and being closer to home he gets to spend more time there. Chelsie is a little homemaking diva. The boys are getting so big!! Tyler is 7 and doing really well in school. Caleb is 5 and Jackson is 3. They do Mommy school. We talk to them on the computer and they are so silly!!! It is really hard to have them 22 hours away. Arkansas agrees with them, but I wish that maybe someday Utah will. Don't I say that every year??

Chet Michael and Jaime are liking New Mexico. There are a lot of different things to out there. Chet Michael is doing well at HP so that Jaime can stay at home or go shopping which is what she likes. Livvy is 9 and Harris is 5. They are going to a Montessori school and doing well. It is really hard to live 10 hours away from them too. I hope that they find their way back to Utah also. I think I may be a little selfish when it comes to my kids and grand kids.

So thinking about the song again my mind come back to the sweet and simple "Silent Night, Holy Night". Things may not always be calm in our house, but we try to by the end of the day to have calm. We pray and do our best to have the Savior in our hearts and in our home. There will always be challenges, but without them we will not grow. We can not become what we are to be. So at this Christmas time I hope that Heavenly Peace will be in your homes. That love will be forever around each and every one of you.

May you and yours have a very Merry Christmas and a Happy New Year!!

Love~ The Robinson

Chet, Wendy and Family